Effects of Specialist Palliative Care for Patients Undergoing Major Abdominal Surgery for Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Shinall MC, Martin SF, Karlekar M, Hoskins A, Morgan E, Kiehl A, Bryant P, Orun OM, Raman R, Tillman BF, Hawkins AT, Brown AJ, Bailey CE, Idrees K, Chang SS, Smith JA, Tan MCB, Magge D, Penson D, Ely EW. Effects of Specialist Palliative Care for Patients Undergoing Major Abdominal Surgery for Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA surgery. 2023 Jul 1;158(158). 747-755. PMID: 37163249 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC10173099

Abstract

Specialist palliative care benefits patients undergoing medical treatment of cancer; however, data are lacking on whether patients undergoing surgery for cancer similarly benefit from specialist palliative care.